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Three other things from the 1980s were why so many stereos sold to teens had two cassette decks: 1. Copying album tapes from friends. 2. Make a mix tape for s
by neilv 3y ago
Three other things from the 1980s were why so many stereos sold to teens had two cassette decks:
1. Copying album tapes from friends.
2. Make a mix tape for someone, curated from many albums. Especially for a romantic interest. I don't know whether there's a modern analogue of this, but it could be meaningful.
3. Record the radio, and assemble songs you like onto a low-audio-quality tape for yourself.
(It was a bit different than modern perfect-copy piracy, since your copy was never as good as you could get by buying an album on tape, and then on CD.)
- ender341341 3y ago> I don't know whether there's a modern analogue of this, but it could be meaningful. I see something along the lines of "lets make spotify playlists for each other" on dating profiles semi-regularly. Don't know how often people actually act on it.
- mongol 3y ago> Make a mix tape for someone, curated from many albums. Especially for a romantic interest. I don't know whether there's a modern analogue of this, but it could be meaningful. Good question. A Spotify playlist is not the same thing. It should be tangible.
- andyjohnson0 3y agoA couple of years ago I burned a mix cd for someone special to me. I hand-wrote a track list and made an envelope to package it. It seemed to be appreciated. Although: I knew that the recipient had cd player in their car and home. Not sure this would work for younger demographics.
- dghughes 3y ago>3. Record the radio, and assemble songs you like onto a low-audio-quality tape for yourself. That was the most common thing to do. There were so many Top 40 or Top 100 radio shows you could always record off the air if your tape deck could do it. American Top 40 created and hosted by Casey Kasem (then Shadoe Stevens) it aired on Sundays I believe because I remember sitting on the deck at home listening to the show.